We have a rainbow vacuum before we got the Dyson 07 vacuum on amazon. It is the best, user friendly vacuums we've had. It is worth the money spent on it. I highly recommend it to all my friends who are looking for quality vacuum that is user friendly. I've compared it to cleaning with our rainbow vacuum, which is not only time consuming to set up but I am pleasantly surprised that after running the rainbow on the carpet and then followed it with the Dyson, it still took a lot of dirt off the carpet. I am satisfied with the performance of this Dyson.